The Board Boys Podcast

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The Board Boys Podcast

We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Season 15, Episode 8 - Botanicus

    Board Boys are back to the old gardening chestnut in Botanicus from Hans im Glück , a game about growing very specific rows of plants for very particular old-timey (for some reason) visitors  Also in this episode we talk about games with large decks of cards, Rob steals Jakes intro...again and we take a visit to Sesame Street...oh yea and we talk about board games! 0:00 - Ice Cube Bop Gun (One Nation) 0:05 - Intro 4:30 - Large decks of Cards 9:00 - Robs Weird Rating Scale 12:45 - Sesame Street Characters 16:45 - Gnome Hollow 21:45 - King of Tokyo Duel 25:50 - Cities 29:30 - Septima 35:40 - Botanicus Intro 39:35 - Interlude - Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Far / Canticle 40:50 - Botanicus Initial Thoughts 43:00 - Botanicus Pros 55:30 - Botanicus Cons 1:03:20 - Botanicus Final Thoughts 1:13:30 - BB Bump or Dump - Pirates of Maracaibo 1:21:00 - Outro and Patreon Thanks 1:22:20 - Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All The Flowers Gone

    1h 27m

  2. 24 OCT

    Season 15, Episode 7 - Inferno

    Board Boys bounce into Des Moines' own Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) to rip a ton of games, especially the creepy and scary Inferno, a "soul management" game very loosely about Dante's travels in heck. Also in this episode, Rob has a discussion with Jaime Brown, designer of Amoebunnies for a chat about the upcoming Kickstarter.  Amoebunnies KS Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrongcauldron/amoebunnies BoardBoy Video Review Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjERH_f0MT8&t 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 4:00 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth 9:00 Wizards & Co. 10:30 Amoebunnies with Jaime Brown 26:00 Altered 29:15 Kavango 32:15 Inferno: Overview 37:00 I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen 38:30 Inferno: Review 1:03:00 Inferno: Verdict 1:09:15 Board Boys Bump: Carnival Zombie 1:13:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:14:00 Through the Fire: Chaka Khan

    1h 19m

  3. 10 OCT

    Season 15, Episode 6 - Doggerland

    Board Boys are back to cave paint underneath the English Channel in Doggerland, a game about sending a bunch of your friends out of their warm huts to try to gank a mammoth in the middle of winter. 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:15 Inferno 12:00 Weirdwood Manor 19:00 Doggerland: Overview 23:00 Snoopafella - Snoop Doggy Dogg 24:30 Doggerland: Review 55:00 Doggerland: Verdict 58:00 Board Boys Bump: Blitzkreig!, Dogfight, Caesar!, and BOOoop. 1:05:15 Thank You, Patrons 1:05:30 Vapors - Snoop Doggy Dogg

    1h 10m

  4. 26 SEPT

    Season 15, Episode 5 - Windmill Valley

    Board Boys bounce back from the First Tulip Financial Crisis in Windmill Valley from Board and Dice, a game about spinning the water wheel as hard as you can to until you have more black tulips than even the Smiths would think is cool   0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 6:00 Mycelia 12:30 18 Holes 20:45 Creature Caravan 27:45 Stonespine Architects 31:30 Reef Project 36:00 Windmill Valley: Overview 39:00 The Wind - Cat Stevens 40:00 Windmill Valley: Review 1:09:15 Windmill Valley: Verdict 1:15:30 Board Boys Bump: Thunder Road: Vendetta 1:23:45 Thank You, Patrons 1:25:00 Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers

    1h 30m

  5. 12 SEPT

    Season 15, Episode 4 - Evenfall + Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz

    Board Boys are back, baby, to play Evenfall from new dev Stefano de Silva as well as chat with pal David Kuntz about this year's Capital City Gaming Con (formerly Cardboard Caucus) coming up Oct 11-13 0:00 Intro, E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey  12:00 Capital City Gaming Con Preview w/David Kuntz 23:30 Ziggurat  26:45 Arcs 29:45 Cats and Quilts of Calico 36:45 Bomb Busters 40:15 Evenfall: Overview 44:15 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (karaoke from Bob and Bev) 45:15 Evenfall: Review 1:13:00 Evenfall: Verdict 1:19:30 Board Boys Bump: The Wolves 1:26:15 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - DJ Steve Walsh

    1h 32m

  6. 29 AUG

    Season 15, Episode 3 - Rock Hard: 1977

    Board Boys rock out as hard as humanly possible for a dork hobby podcast with Rock Hard: 1977, a sick game about becoming a rockstar by designer/rock legend Jackie Fox. Also in this episode, a long lookback on Barcelona, plus naming all the Beastie Boys and their DJ. Cam's Rock Hard: 1977 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DpICN2f9sqhbVQ4VNISKP?si=8bb2e0dcbdd6425a 0:00 - Intro: E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey 2:00 - Music Chat 19:00 - CDSK 21:25 - Lifeboats: Planks of Carneades 25:10 - Harvest 29:25 - Cities 31:30 - Jorvik 34:30 - Bomb Busters 38:35 - Rock Hard 1977 - Intro 43:10 - Interlude: Cherry Bomb - The Runaways 44:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Initial Thoughts 48:00 - Rock Hard 1977 - Pros 1:01:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Prawns 1:07:30 - Rock Hard 1977 - Cons 1:18:50 - Rock Hard 1977 - Final Thoughts 1:28:15 - Bump or Dump - Barcelona 1:38:15 - Wrap up and Patron Thanks 1:39:45 - Outro: Success - Iggy Pop

    1h 45m

  7. 15 AUG

    Season 15, Episode 2 - Coimbra

    Board Boys are back with "oldie" but goldie, Coimbra from Eggertspiel: a game about patrons and influence and merchants or something in the Renaissance Era which is basically the greatest theme of all time.  So grab your floppy hats and join us at the table for this and more!   0:00 - Intro 4:00 - Peru and Weather Talk 6:00 - Finders Creepers 7:40 - Things in Rings 12:35 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 15:30 - Race to the Raft 18:20 - Coop QB Discussion 21:00 - Azul Summer Pavilion 23:00 - Age of Innovation 25:30 - Botanicus 31:25 - Coimbra Stats and Intro 34:16 - Informer - MC Shan and Snow 35:15 - Coimbra Initial Thoughts 38:35 - Coimbra Pros 50:00 - Coimbra Cons 1:08:00 - Coimbra Final Thoughts 1:10:00 - Bump or Dump - Sabika 1:14:00 - Outro, BGA, Patreon, and Discord 1:15:08 - Red Red Wine - UB40

    1h 18m

  8. 8 AUG

    Season 15 - Beau-nuss Episode - Gencon 2024!

    In this Beau-Nuss episodes of The Board Boys Podcast, Rob and Beau attend GenCon 2024!  We see and do lots of cool stuff including things from CGE, Renegade Game Studios, Devir Games, Hachette Games, and we participated in the Rolling Dice and Taking Names Strike tournament lots of fun to be had!  We were super tired for some of the recording especially Beau but he was a trooper - which was awesome...  We hope you like board games! 0:00 - Intro and Day 0 8:17 - Day 1 8:45 - Catchables 10:20 - CGE Room 11:00 - Lifeboats 11:45 - Allplay 13:15 - Mandolorian Adventures 13:45 - Marvel Crisis Protocol 15:50 - RDTN Strike Event 18:35 - Day 3 and 4 19:35 - Rock Hard 1977 20:00 - AllPlay Small Card Games and Kabuto Sumo Tournament 23:40 - Tales of Arthurian Knights 25:00 - TNMT Unmatched 27:00 - Dabba Walla 28:00 - Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth 29:45 - Spotlight from Horrible Guild 30:45 - Lucas Oil Stadium and Boop The Halls 32:10 - Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game 32:35 - Doomlings and the pinata 32:55 - Magic Maze Tower and Octocube 34:35 - King of Tokyo Duel 35:55 - Heroscape from Renegade Game Studios 36:50 - Blood on the Clocktower 38:20 - After the Empire with Evan 39:11 - Hewns 39:50 - Rumbleslam 40:40 - Ziggurat 41:12 - Civolution 41:54 - Crossbows and Catapults vs Catapult Feud 42:48 - Madcala 44:25 - Kill Team Laser Tag 44:45 - S.E.T.I. 46:35 - Adas Dream and Tinderblox 47:10 - Quoridor Pacman, CDSK, Doggerland, Nekojima 49:22 - Keep The Heroes Out 50:20 - Everdell Duo 50:30 - Trick or Treat Studios 50:20 -  The OP 55:00 - Heroscape again 55:30 - Wrath of Fire Mountain 57:15 - Bomb Busters 57:50 - Witness 58:20 - Capstone Games 1:00:00 - Top 3 Experiences 1:01:43 - Top 3 Games to Play Next 1:02:30 - Outro

    1h 5m
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We play board games. We hope you like board games. New podcast episodes every other Thursday.

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  • Creator
    The Board Boys
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    205
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Board Boys 2017
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